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Looking back a few years from now, however, the extra tenth of a point you were unable to raise your GPA by will seem trivial compared to the opportunities opened by study-abroad. For instance, never again will I advocate U.S. foreign policy towards China to a skeptical bunch of Aussies one day, and bungee-jump over a crocodile-infested pond the next...
...just how will you benefit from your time abroad? Of utmost importance, you will be able to learn for the sake of learning, unbridled by the fear of failure grade-wise and unintimidated by Harvard’s cutthroat, oftentimes excessively driven student populace. You will also be able to immerse yourself in a foreign culture—sans familial or major work obligations—for longer than will ever be possible again. Finally, so far removed from the stresses and rigmarole of Harvard life, you will doubtless have time to pursue far-flung interests that you would never...
While Jorge L. Escobedo ’08 counts India, France, Costa Rica, the Netherlands, and Peru among his travel destinations, the anthropology concentrator said he has never studied abroad. But Escobedo—one of 1,200 students who turned out for the annual Study Abroad and International Experience Fair yesterday—said that he still wants to study academically in a foreign country...
Jonathan M. Hyman ’08, a student promoting summer study abroad with OIP, said he spent two months in Japan doing intensive language study...
While Hyman said his summer study abroad in Ishikawa, Japan was “amazing,” he said he faced culture shock on his return...